Re: Electronics with DIA

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, jonni@lehtiranta.net wrote:
> 
> Another question about trying to get it right =).
> I'm using RedHat 8.0, and the text comes with wide gaps between
> characters at some text sizes. This is a problem only with boxes
> with text however.. At some text settings gaps ar wide, at others
> the text leaves much empty space around it, and I can't get the
> box as thin as I should =(

Yes, the text handling in Dia <= 0.90 is fairly horrible.  It's improved a
lot in CVS, and I hope to get that released very soon.

>> > Now, what I originally meant, was an L-shaped line that would do the
>> > adjustments needed at the corner. I can get the zigzagline look this
>> > way with careful work, EXTRA careful if the line has an arrow at
>> > either end.
>>
>> I don't see what's all careful about it.  With the mouse over one end,
>> delete a segment, and it's L-shaped.  Not as good as it happening
>> automagically, of course.
> 
> Well, it was careful before realizing the segment deletion trick ;-).
> I suppose I was thinking that a line must be in its simplest form
> after creation. Well, learning curve.. =)
> It was awfully careful, trying to get the arrow horizontal, when
> the last part of the line was vertical (and needed to be on lenght 0).

Absolutely.  Segment deletion is much easier.

-Lars

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